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After an inexplicable avoidance of decision-making for almost 9 months, blaming intra-government disagreements over price for the delay, the Indian government has announced that it will auction 3G spectrum within the next 90 days. However, don’t hold your breath – because there’s always the possibility of some department putting a spanner in the works, despite this decision being made by empowered Group of Ministers (eGoM).... Read more of this...
Globally, several operators are deploying WiMax e-version for mobile broadband services.... Read more of this...
BANGALORE, INDIA: With the emergence of India as the second largest telecom industry in the world, mobile broadband has emerged as the real need of the Indian people. But the broadband penetration in the country has been pathetically low.... Read more of this...
With the government ready to auction 3G and BWA spectrum, Sunil Jain met Qualcomm’s India and South Asia President Kanwalinder Singh to talk about whether the budget target of Rs 35,000 crore from the auction was realistic; did a low-base price for Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) make sense, could standalone players survive and so on. Qualcomm is the world’s biggest technology provider in the 3G space. Excerpts:... Read more of this...